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and the ideological environment in which they came of age. generations often take on a character framed by the environment in which they came of age politically. who was president when they turned 18? that is the easiest cut point to think about that. and you see the boomers have a characteristic. and the older, silent generation that came of age post-world war ii and pre-60's. and you sit generation where reagan was president when they came of age. the younger voters today came of age in the bush presidency and the obama presidency. those were the defining political moments of their political awakening. many of them were too young to resonate with 9/11. daud was not the defining moment in their life. it is what happened after, the war in iraq, hurricane katrina. these are people who have seen government not having done enough in a lot of situations, or have missed -- ng misdirected its priorities. we see more of a desire for government to take action. caller: i am 55. when i was jogger, i did not worry about social security -- when i was you
and the ideological environment in which they came of age. generations often take on a character framed by the environment in which they came of age politically. who was president when they turned 18? that is the easiest cut point to think about that. and you see the boomers have a characteristic. and the older, silent generation that came of age post-world war ii and pre-60's. and you sit generation where reagan was president when they came of age. the younger voters today came of age in the...
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about the environment -- do something about the environment we have to seek solutions that are broad based, acceptable, and work to gain the public will and the public support to put them in place. that is what lead us here today. with the understanding of the strength and our natural resources gale and i were able to come together with a perspective of the department of interior and the department of united states department of agricultural. the agency departments that are responsible for the overseeing of the development and the use and the strong capacity of the beautiful foundations in our country. the conservation leadership council has been hard at work to develop conservative input to public policy. we have been having conversations about voluntary marketplace and incentivized program that can actually make a difference. we seek your conversation today on those issues. as we have put the council together and worked over this last year, it really has become an issue as your state, your community, your organization need the flexibility in finding solutions that are based on glob
about the environment -- do something about the environment we have to seek solutions that are broad based, acceptable, and work to gain the public will and the public support to put them in place. that is what lead us here today. with the understanding of the strength and our natural resources gale and i were able to come together with a perspective of the department of interior and the department of united states department of agricultural. the agency departments that are responsible for the...
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it is a win for the environment while it saves taxpayers money. that is not one of her specific puzzles, but it's the kind of idea and fresh thinking we welcome. one of our papers announced today directly addresses local and state government problems. many parks are operated by governments facing cutbacks or even shutdowns. there are experiences with contracting out management of park activities and our authors have traced that experience and have really put together some practical proposals for local governments and state governments that might be looking at those kinds of things. our proposals explore ways working within the regulatory system to allow economic activity by meeting environmental goals and less cumbersome ways to know if you're one of those proposed as later this morning. other saints that receive government funding, the more encouragingly, better environmental resource to cooperative committee. i want to thank you all for participating and i look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas today. [applause] >> thank you, secretary
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narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the sanitary sewer system, so if you dump something in the storm drain, it goes right to the ocean untreated. alamillo: we haven't had a major rainstorm in the last year or so yet there's a lot of water in this creek here. i would say 20% of it is
narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much....
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management's been touting the used video game business as the way forward for the company in this new environment. used games were supposed to be gamestop's salvation, instead down more than 15%. can you believe that? that seems like maybe management is -- they're not ready for this. maybe they don't have as good a handle on things as they think. plus the new video game consoles that bulls are excited about do eventually get released, they might include technology that makes it so only the original user could play the game. that would be something, right? beyond the ailing used game business, gamestop plans to grow its digital business, selling games over the internet, dramatically over the next couple of years. but, i don't see how they compete against more established online players. fact is, gamestop has to compete with amazon on way too many fronts. amazon sells the same gaming hardware and software, does digital downloads too, letting you buy and download games online, amazon's on fire here and they do it really well. and amazon makes it easy to find and buy used video games by connecting yo
management's been touting the used video game business as the way forward for the company in this new environment. used games were supposed to be gamestop's salvation, instead down more than 15%. can you believe that? that seems like maybe management is -- they're not ready for this. maybe they don't have as good a handle on things as they think. plus the new video game consoles that bulls are excited about do eventually get released, they might include technology that makes it so only the...
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what is the geopolitical environment mean for investment? >> well, again, my friends in the army are mad at me. unfortunately, i think there is here a shift what was the phrase bob used longer, large, basically large prolonged -- [inaudible conversations] >> yeah. that's a good prediction today. who in august of 2001 reconduct -- predicted we would have one in afghanistan? i think it's a dangerous thing in the business. it seems to me to that we needs to strengthen our maritime capability in the western pacific and not to contain china or fight a war with china, god for bid. i think the goal has got to be to try to sustain the peaceful situation, which is only thirty years old. it's the -- we have a huge interest, i think, in keeping that way. i adopt think we want to see a crisis start no matter how silly it might seem, you end up a choice between going to war or having another nuclear power. both are bad choices. i think that is where the strength is probably has to come. it goes back to my comment about prediction, i believe it was the ca
what is the geopolitical environment mean for investment? >> well, again, my friends in the army are mad at me. unfortunately, i think there is here a shift what was the phrase bob used longer, large, basically large prolonged -- [inaudible conversations] >> yeah. that's a good prediction today. who in august of 2001 reconduct -- predicted we would have one in afghanistan? i think it's a dangerous thing in the business. it seems to me to that we needs to strengthen our maritime...
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still ahead -- the environment is not good for outgoing epa chief lisa jackson. we'll explain. first, uncertain future as well for the next big thing in commercial aviation. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex office. ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. make it worth watcng. introducing the 2013 lexus ls. an entirely new pursuit. >> bret: wildfires in australia top international news. it's summer down under and fighting fires there are difficult. 95 are burning in new south wales with 18 out of control. new rights for women in saudi arabia. king granted women 30 seats on the top advisory council for the first time. a big step in a country where women's lives are heavily restricted. women are not allowed to travel, work, marry or even be admitted
still ahead -- the environment is not good for outgoing epa chief lisa jackson. we'll explain. first, uncertain future as well for the next big thing in commercial aviation. what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground...
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that is a very rich interest level, in our current interest- rate environment. you have to wonder if the bank is not just holding on to your loan to maintain a high level of interest? but i wonder if this may be worth your while to try to go to another bank and not refinance with the same company. it has become a much more difficult circumstance to get a mortgage because the banks are still recovering from all of the bad loans that they made during the real-estate mania. >> one other issue that was brought up was the issue of debt-income ratio, and this is something richard spoke about and what he would do with the qualified loans. american hero joe says, what did he mean by 20% of the grossly month in come? explain this issue for us? >> this goes to the heart of the ability to repay the loan issue, that described a little bit ago. we don't want people taking on loans they cannot afford to repay, that leads us to problems. what they have decided is that 43% is the outside level, if your mortgage debt, plus or other debt, with car loans or consumer debt or credit
that is a very rich interest level, in our current interest- rate environment. you have to wonder if the bank is not just holding on to your loan to maintain a high level of interest? but i wonder if this may be worth your while to try to go to another bank and not refinance with the same company. it has become a much more difficult circumstance to get a mortgage because the banks are still recovering from all of the bad loans that they made during the real-estate mania. >> one other...
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one is fair use in the academic environment. as some of you know, three of our member publishers sued georgia state university because when georgia state moved its from printed course packs as materials for higher education courses to e-reserves, they made another change. they stopped paying a penny for anything put up on e-reserves no matter how, how long it was. and since 2006 not a penny has been paid. and because georgia state was, in the view of publishers, an outlier in that respect because we have understood and we think many people have understood that copyright is agnostic or same rules would apply whether we're talking print or digital, that's what led to this particular litigation. and i would say that there this -- we know there's all this vagueness and difficult any the deciding what is fair use. and you can run through four factors, but the bottom line, this is hard to figure out in many cases. but some cases are clearer than others. in the cases where large amounts of material are being used semester after semeste
one is fair use in the academic environment. as some of you know, three of our member publishers sued georgia state university because when georgia state moved its from printed course packs as materials for higher education courses to e-reserves, they made another change. they stopped paying a penny for anything put up on e-reserves no matter how, how long it was. and since 2006 not a penny has been paid. and because georgia state was, in the view of publishers, an outlier in that respect...
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but nonetheless there's the political environment, the reality of the political environment that they know. it's very difficult to get things to move through congress very quickly. we've seen that play out in the fiscal fights over the last few months, frankly over the last few years, and so they are looking at this as another option for the president to move quickly and in the vice president's own words, to save a lot of lives. >> if your actions result in only saving one life, they're worth taking. but i'm convinced we can affect the well-being of millions of americans and take thousands of people out of harm's way if we act responsibly. >> reporter: he met with a dozen faith leaders. they talked about the moral imperative to act quickly. in addition to that, he had held a conference call with governors and also other state and local leaders across the country. they're trying to come up with as many options as possible so they can put together these policy proposals to present to the president by the end of the month. >> and today, of course, the vice president meets with gun compan
but nonetheless there's the political environment, the reality of the political environment that they know. it's very difficult to get things to move through congress very quickly. we've seen that play out in the fiscal fights over the last few months, frankly over the last few years, and so they are looking at this as another option for the president to move quickly and in the vice president's own words, to save a lot of lives. >> if your actions result in only saving one life, they're...
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the tough jobs environment may be making the situation worse. people are so concerned about being fired that they are going to work even when they are sick. company should install buffers and sanitized keyboards and to limit meetings. new rules designed to make sure borrowers can afford to make payments. the rules go into effect next year. walmart is sending a representative to today's gun control talks after all. they say they are engaged about responsible fire arms sales. "50 shades of gray" is coming out in hardcover. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:22. 44 degrees at the airport. we are getting closer to kick off between the ravens and the broncos. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> ray lewis is going to finish this season and get his ring. >> i want to let them know we're behind them 100 %. >> there was a stop been white marsh.
the tough jobs environment may be making the situation worse. people are so concerned about being fired that they are going to work even when they are sick. company should install buffers and sanitized keyboards and to limit meetings. new rules designed to make sure borrowers can afford to make payments. the rules go into effect next year. walmart is sending a representative to today's gun control talks after all. they say they are engaged about responsible fire arms sales. "50 shades of...
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in this environment, subsidizing wind and solar makes no sense. also five years ago, we thought that china and india, and other emerging economies, my sign-on to emissions reductions, and, therefore, that if we reduced emissions, perhaps global temperatures would be reduced. and i don't think it does but i don't tak take a position on whr mandated emissions caused global warming or not, but if we are reducing our emissions and china and india, which make up 37% of the worlds population, are not doing so, when i pointed any affect on the global temperatures. and then the first chapter of the book i talk about geoengineering solutions, that nobel prize-winning weiner thinks we can reduce global temperature if we just do it on our own. painting russ whitehurst like the sun's rays. what we are doing with a 12 and dollars were spent on alternative energy is pushing people into cars that they don't want to buy, we are raising electricity costs. we are -- we're getting rid of incandescent lightbulbs in favor of fluorescent lightbulbs. and the cost of thi
in this environment, subsidizing wind and solar makes no sense. also five years ago, we thought that china and india, and other emerging economies, my sign-on to emissions reductions, and, therefore, that if we reduced emissions, perhaps global temperatures would be reduced. and i don't think it does but i don't tak take a position on whr mandated emissions caused global warming or not, but if we are reducing our emissions and china and india, which make up 37% of the worlds population, are not...
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is that a stable enough environment to have the experiments that need to happen? >> see if michael implies if your for experimentation, you have an agenda to reach an octoberive. i'm not prolegallization, just progood public policy. you can't make an information vacuum. whether this is a stable solution, and as i mentioned earlier, i don't think we can have a good experiment in one year. we need a long enough time line, and if it's stable enough to make the experiments worth something is another question, and i think the time line is three or four years, especially with the criminal justice, and nothing looks in year one and two like it looks in year three and four. you know, and i'm not a lawyer, but in a way, i don't mind a wiping and nudge saying we'll stay out of the backyard on the following conditions, and i think that can be on a long list of constraints. subject to mining your matters in other states, doesn't spill into other states, make sure you keep your own techniques, and resources so people who do come dependent, and they will, to ensure you respond
is that a stable enough environment to have the experiments that need to happen? >> see if michael implies if your for experimentation, you have an agenda to reach an octoberive. i'm not prolegallization, just progood public policy. you can't make an information vacuum. whether this is a stable solution, and as i mentioned earlier, i don't think we can have a good experiment in one year. we need a long enough time line, and if it's stable enough to make the experiments worth something is...
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what is the geopolitical environment? >> unfortunately there is a shift that bob hale used? basically a large and certainly that looks like a good prediction in august 2001 so that is a very dangerous thing for it does seem we need to strengthen the maritime capability not to contain china but the goal is to sustain that it has not been pacific the had a huge interest to keep it that way. and as silly as it may seem the both are bad choices. but to raise a different question with prediction i believe it was the case when cheney went with confirmation hearings i'm not nominated in this secretary of defense but joking aside if we think capability is not needed in the near term cut to talk about readiness that is important and in this constrained environment to focus feet expense of further and if i have my bias i would lean toward the long term. >> to areas to mention one specific modernization of weaponry we do need a reliable nuclear force that is that parity with russia but we don't need to modernize all three lakes they need to be refurbished and stay reliable and safe but
what is the geopolitical environment? >> unfortunately there is a shift that bob hale used? basically a large and certainly that looks like a good prediction in august 2001 so that is a very dangerous thing for it does seem we need to strengthen the maritime capability not to contain china but the goal is to sustain that it has not been pacific the had a huge interest to keep it that way. and as silly as it may seem the both are bad choices. but to raise a different question with...
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it also is an environment today where there is not much inflation. if he were to compound inflation in the future, he would well understand what that would do to budgets as well. i think he hopefully is able to bring a perspective and said, let's get some long-term problems dealt with now because here are the risks. he has to be a risk manager. he has to be able to explain these things. this has not been talked about yet. i held as treasury secretary -- he has had experience around congress -- he is more of a washington person. i would hope because he has had political awareness, he would understand the significance and focus on a growth agenda. the fundamental challenge of the country is that 2% gdp growth is not adequate. we need to bump that up. historically we would be looking at 3.3%. that helps us of a lot of fiscal problems. it also helps people to work and helps families get stronger. all of that would be an enormously important thing. i think there are some policies, some of which the treasury deals with. we think having the highest corporat
it also is an environment today where there is not much inflation. if he were to compound inflation in the future, he would well understand what that would do to budgets as well. i think he hopefully is able to bring a perspective and said, let's get some long-term problems dealt with now because here are the risks. he has to be a risk manager. he has to be able to explain these things. this has not been talked about yet. i held as treasury secretary -- he has had experience around congress --...
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interesting given the discussion group that links to long-term questions in the difference in the industrial environment. the nature of our debate of cyber has been the digital pearl harbor. the greater national security threat is the gradual loss of intellectual property. it is effort by a thousand cuts. part of the challenge at 35 is not just scaling costs but the leakage through cyber theft, which does not mean someone else can build it but they are gaining knowledge and capacity in a way they would not have been able to. something that may have given you a ten-year advantage does not give you that kind of advantage at technological capacity. >> i would like to tie it back to our economy and jobs. president obama said the focus would be to increase jobs. i come back to paul. you said that the success of our [indiscernible]channel some of the budget from the dod to the state department. i take this time to say that hillary clinton is coming back to work today. i wish her great recovery. if we have projected our intent is to china and the world. looking at the way china has been aggressive many ways in
interesting given the discussion group that links to long-term questions in the difference in the industrial environment. the nature of our debate of cyber has been the digital pearl harbor. the greater national security threat is the gradual loss of intellectual property. it is effort by a thousand cuts. part of the challenge at 35 is not just scaling costs but the leakage through cyber theft, which does not mean someone else can build it but they are gaining knowledge and capacity in a way...
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do you get from the idea when we look at the environment today and our politicians don't seem to be serious about spending, they seem to think that the public is more concerned with screwing the rich than hitting up programs. are they right? >> people felt that way but myself is that obama, the carry interest rate that allows hedge fund people taxed at capital gains rate, obama defended that. that is one of the big things. that is warren buffett and rich friends. this is disingenuous but the country should be rising up. >> neil: they are not rising up. >> i think this is because it's going to explode. somebody is going to say, my grandchildren and children, this is moral issue being kicked down the road. these people will not deal with it and the republican handling of this was let me just put it this way, just about as stupid as i have ever seen in my lifetime. only matched by what they did the year before. >> neil: well put. happy new year. >> did any of you the streamliner. another nightmare. all safe. but why are so many plain scared? ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting
do you get from the idea when we look at the environment today and our politicians don't seem to be serious about spending, they seem to think that the public is more concerned with screwing the rich than hitting up programs. are they right? >> people felt that way but myself is that obama, the carry interest rate that allows hedge fund people taxed at capital gains rate, obama defended that. that is one of the big things. that is warren buffett and rich friends. this is disingenuous but...
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which is to your point, beware of your environment. bottom line here, what do people need to know about the flu? i have heard people saying, i don't know, maybe i'm coming down with the flu. are there very clear signs where you know you should be going to your doctor and then very clear signs when you should be going to the e.r.? >> it's hard to say because people get the common cold in the winter as well. things that are specific to the flu this year, body aches, severe body pain, really bad fatig fatigue, a kougt, often becomes a deep cough, headache and fever. those are things we assign specifically to that spectrum of the flu. runny nose can go along with. it can be vomiting but when i look at this person, i say, this is the flu going on here. >> if you say i'm fine i'm going to ride it out, is there a point you know you really should go to the e.r.? >> if you develop severe shortness of breath or chest pain or notice your lips are turning blue and vomiting a lot and fever above 104, any kind of seizures or anything like that, cert
which is to your point, beware of your environment. bottom line here, what do people need to know about the flu? i have heard people saying, i don't know, maybe i'm coming down with the flu. are there very clear signs where you know you should be going to your doctor and then very clear signs when you should be going to the e.r.? >> it's hard to say because people get the common cold in the winter as well. things that are specific to the flu this year, body aches, severe body pain, really...
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and we need to make sure that in our day care centers and our communities, we provide a better safety environment for our kirn. >> now, rooiyan, it seems like e republ lip cans, and i noticed the congressman said we don't need them all, some republicans do sound like they are more open to possible gun legislation more than some of the far right. listen to this. >> should we look at improving our background check system? i'm willing to listen to what proposals come forward on that is this. >> there are some problems. and maybe these huge magazines even for someone who says, look, i just use an ar-15 for target practice. but do you really need to be shooting a silhouette? a shot a second or even quicker with that weapon? for what purpose? >> now, when you see a guy who, by the way last week was defending todd aiken, and when he's talking about do you really need a lot of the magazines that have the ability to shoot a lot of rounds, i mean, you're starting to see some cracks in the armor of the far right extremists here. >> right. i mean, you just simply do not need that. about that's the problem th
and we need to make sure that in our day care centers and our communities, we provide a better safety environment for our kirn. >> now, rooiyan, it seems like e republ lip cans, and i noticed the congressman said we don't need them all, some republicans do sound like they are more open to possible gun legislation more than some of the far right. listen to this. >> should we look at improving our background check system? i'm willing to listen to what proposals come forward on that is...
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we also discussed in a bit of detail and in the environment that we have all aspects of the financial security between afghanistan and the united states and i informed the president that the afghan people already in the lawyer jargon called for strategic partnership agreement between us and the united states have given their approval to this relationship and one that's good for afghanistan. so in that context, our national security agreement is one that the afghan people approved and so we will conduct it in detail where both interests of the united states and the interests of afghanistan will be kept in mind. we had a number of issues to talk about. during our conversations and perhaps many times in that conversation, beginning with the conversation of course, i thanked the president for the help that the united states has given to the afghan people, for all that we have gained the past ten years and that those gains will be kept by any standard while we're working for peace and stability in afghanistan, including the respect for afghan constitution. i also thanked the president and
we also discussed in a bit of detail and in the environment that we have all aspects of the financial security between afghanistan and the united states and i informed the president that the afghan people already in the lawyer jargon called for strategic partnership agreement between us and the united states have given their approval to this relationship and one that's good for afghanistan. so in that context, our national security agreement is one that the afghan people approved and so we will...
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but we're not really in a political environment, brooke, where the -- neither the white house nor most people are concerned with whether or not wall street likes the pick. but he is -- he's a guy who had experience. he was involved in the 1997 balanced budget deal. he's been involved in social security legislation. all the topics that are hot right now, jack lew does have experience with. >> you mentioned sequestration, of course. we have a couple of fiscal cliffs over the next two months. do we have any idea what kind of negotiator he'll be and he'll drive a tough bargain with the speaker of the house, john boehner. >> as the chief of staff of the white house, that's a key issue. you got to be able to be tough, you got to be able to negotiate. if you were grading the white house and its negotiating abilities in the last few months, you may not give them a very high grade. what you get in jack lew is a guy who is highly, specifically familiar with the budgeting process. i wouldn't normally say this, that that's the most important thing a treasury secretary needs to do, regulation is an
but we're not really in a political environment, brooke, where the -- neither the white house nor most people are concerned with whether or not wall street likes the pick. but he is -- he's a guy who had experience. he was involved in the 1997 balanced budget deal. he's been involved in social security legislation. all the topics that are hot right now, jack lew does have experience with. >> you mentioned sequestration, of course. we have a couple of fiscal cliffs over the next two...
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not in great measure but continued to burn gas, producing greenhouse gas right in to the environment. the second is that in pennsylvania, because really wells have never been regulated in pennsylvania. you can build a water well there with a paper clip if you want to. there are methane leaks through almost every well in pennsylvania because they have layers and layers of rock really producing biogenic methane. it's a thing that needs to be contained. >> all right. tom, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, you think people get fired up over this? you have no idea the twitter fury on our own steve kornacki, a very nice young man for not referring to the president as the president. i'm with sandra who just got these great glasses. you paid...wow. hmmm. let's see if walmart can help you find the same look for less. okay. see? walmart has all these leading eyewear brands and styles. rockstar! really? yeah. oh, wow! oh, black frame looks good on you. yeah? you can get a complete pair starting at just -- $38. really?! and did you know that our glasses come with a free 12-month rep
not in great measure but continued to burn gas, producing greenhouse gas right in to the environment. the second is that in pennsylvania, because really wells have never been regulated in pennsylvania. you can build a water well there with a paper clip if you want to. there are methane leaks through almost every well in pennsylvania because they have layers and layers of rock really producing biogenic methane. it's a thing that needs to be contained. >> all right. tom, thank you very...
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. >> reporter: still, some conservative christians say the focus shouldn't be on guns, but on the environment giving rise to this violence. >> instead of having as the nra proposes a policeman in every school. getting a dad in every home. >> reporter: vice president biden said he's glad that evangelical groups participated in his meetings because in the past, they have been reluctant to engage on the gun issue." athena jones, cnn, washington. >>> time for a little introduction. i want you to take a look here. this is my cat, browser. he's at home right now watching the show, no doubt. but he's pretty cute and cuddly. i spoil him rotten, but could he be plotting something sinister? could he be plotting to kill me? doesn't look like it there. we'll talk about it next with the author of "how to tell if your cat is trying to kill you." about health care... s i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a hear
. >> reporter: still, some conservative christians say the focus shouldn't be on guns, but on the environment giving rise to this violence. >> instead of having as the nra proposes a policeman in every school. getting a dad in every home. >> reporter: vice president biden said he's glad that evangelical groups participated in his meetings because in the past, they have been reluctant to engage on the gun issue." athena jones, cnn, washington. >>> time for a...
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. >> the interment of the -- environment of the narcotrafficker forces in uncertainty. when they raise an orchard or vineyard and turns it into a poppy field -- when he is not sure what is learned happened to him or his family, they turn to narcotics. it takes three months to grow it. it does not need refrigeration or economic integration, nothing. if we see an increased degree of uncertainty, we would probably see more poppy cultivation. it would be listed economic activities. -- illicit economic activities. the leadership [indiscernible] in the areas where the economy is thriving, we have seen a reduction of narcotics and cultivation of the poppy. in areas where we see most of the fighting, that is where most of the poppies are grown. >> let me close with a final question. jim used a number of statistics. one that struck me is i have the right to a 52% of the afghan population thought the country is going on in the right direction. my question to each of you, what is your view? is the country going in the right direction and are you optimistic or pessimistic as we loo
. >> the interment of the -- environment of the narcotrafficker forces in uncertainty. when they raise an orchard or vineyard and turns it into a poppy field -- when he is not sure what is learned happened to him or his family, they turn to narcotics. it takes three months to grow it. it does not need refrigeration or economic integration, nothing. if we see an increased degree of uncertainty, we would probably see more poppy cultivation. it would be listed economic activities. -- illicit...
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the environment is going to still be very dangerous. but what we have seen is that afghan soldiers are stepping up at great risk to themselves. and that allows us then to make this transition during the spring. what that translates into precisely in terms of how this drawdown of u.s. troop proceeds is something that isn't yet fully determined. i'm going to be over the coming weeks getting recommendations from general alan and other commanders on the ground they will be designing and shaping a responsible plan to make sure that we're not losing the gains already have been made, to make sure we're in a position to support afghan units when they're in theater. and to make sure that our folks are also protected even as we're drawing down. so i can't give you a precise number at this point. i'll probably make a separate announcement once i've gotten recommendations from troops -- from the generals and our commanders in terms of what that drawdown might look like. with respect to post 2014, we have got two goals. and our main conversation tod
the environment is going to still be very dangerous. but what we have seen is that afghan soldiers are stepping up at great risk to themselves. and that allows us then to make this transition during the spring. what that translates into precisely in terms of how this drawdown of u.s. troop proceeds is something that isn't yet fully determined. i'm going to be over the coming weeks getting recommendations from general alan and other commanders on the ground they will be designing and shaping a...
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. >> we've lived in this environment for the last 18 months, one big disaster after another. everyone is waiting for the policy response, comes at the 11th hour and 59th minute. this is a pattern everyone has gotten used to but the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling are the last big tail risks we think of the tail risks that we have to worry about, saw we would say once we get past that over the next several months we think it will lift a little bit of a cloud and investors will take risks. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> bob, thanks to you as well. ten minutes to go before we close it up. the dow jones industrial average holding on to a gain of 50 points. >> well, this herbalife soap opera is continuing. herb greenberg is coming up. all over the big move in the stock. take a look. up 3.25% right now. we'll show you what's behind it. >> and can you believe the iphone was only introduced five years ago? it is true. five years ago today, in fact, so here's a trivia question for you. the iphone alone is worth more money than what whole
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thank you. >> thank you. >> the environment narcotrafficking -- uncertainty and a pretty. mostly uncertainty. because when a former actually -- a farmer raises orchard or vineyard and turned into a poppy seed because he's not sure he can maintain the orchard or vineyard. so when a farmer is not sure what happened to him and his family, he will turn to narcotics because it takes three months to grow it. when you grow it, -- does not read need refrigeration, nothi nothing. we will probably see more poppy cultivation. there will be less economic activity. and again, while i open my initial statement for the need for providing actually certainty, both by the afghan leadership and international community. so far actually in the area where the economy, the economy is doing better, we have seen reduction of narco narcotics and cultivation of poppy. in anywhere we see most of the fighting, that's where we see most of the poppy. >> so let me close with a final question to each of the panel. jim, in his presentation, use a number of statistics, jotted a few down. but the one that st
thank you. >> thank you. >> the environment narcotrafficking -- uncertainty and a pretty. mostly uncertainty. because when a former actually -- a farmer raises orchard or vineyard and turned into a poppy seed because he's not sure he can maintain the orchard or vineyard. so when a farmer is not sure what happened to him and his family, he will turn to narcotics because it takes three months to grow it. when you grow it, -- does not read need refrigeration, nothi nothing. we will...
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must like wise compete to earn a living, build a future, and raise a family in the safe and healthy environment. they face threats that once did not exist and we at the capitol have better make sure we are helping them. not hurting them in their efforts. [applause] together we make great strides in the last four years to improve arizona's competitive position. we face the hardest of times but sustain and strengthen state government through the downturn. per capita, arizona has the second number of state employees of all states. [applause] reformed our personnel system they will have a -- motivated by performance and accountable. [applause] we have passed meaningful reform to pass our education system and expand school choice. we limited regulation and enacted the a largest and most tax cut in the state history. unlike our friends in washington, d.c. [applause] and we even accomplished something novel and rare in politics. we kept our word. in 2010, we asked the people to increase their own taxes and promised them it would be temporary. that promise will be kept when proposition 100 sales taxes
must like wise compete to earn a living, build a future, and raise a family in the safe and healthy environment. they face threats that once did not exist and we at the capitol have better make sure we are helping them. not hurting them in their efforts. [applause] together we make great strides in the last four years to improve arizona's competitive position. we face the hardest of times but sustain and strengthen state government through the downturn. per capita, arizona has the second number...
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the stewardship of the environment. we have enormous interest of course in our own resources, our people. in fact, 40% of canada's landmass is above the 60th parallel, yet we all have roughly 100,000 of our 34 million people living there. so it is an enormous challenge, obligation, even to continue to exert the sovereignty, search and rescue. at this time of year is becoming dark 24 hours a day. you have temperatures to plummet below 50 degrees celsius. and you have opening waters and changes that are going to create a lot of challenges because more people simply are going to go there, and more countries have exerted or expressed an interest. you mentioned china. there are many others that want to be part of this council. to your question about the obligation, i think it comes back to people playing by the rules and respecting the fact that there are places when disputes arise, as is the case with canada and the united states impact on the bering sea. some of the bordering areas of the arctic. i think there is a recogni
the stewardship of the environment. we have enormous interest of course in our own resources, our people. in fact, 40% of canada's landmass is above the 60th parallel, yet we all have roughly 100,000 of our 34 million people living there. so it is an enormous challenge, obligation, even to continue to exert the sovereignty, search and rescue. at this time of year is becoming dark 24 hours a day. you have temperatures to plummet below 50 degrees celsius. and you have opening waters and changes...
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. >> do you think there is a way we can do corporate reform in this environment? >> is extremely difficult but i think one really positive thing that came out of this fiscal debates this time is that for the first time in a long time, the business community unified around a concept of getting our deficit under control. they were not as worried about their individual tax breaks that might go as a result of having some reform. i hope that mood continues. that was a one group does not argue over one other or about accelerated depreciation and so forth. i am more hopeful that a more unified view from the business community is possible this time. >> i want to say one thing -- i'm not fully knowledgeable about this. i was at a meeting earlier today we're in noted tax expert said you cannot do corporate reform and not to individual reform because when we change the parameters, a whole lot of entities shifted from c corporations to other forms that were taxed on the individual side. if you lower rates on the corporate tax and get away with some of the preferences for oil
. >> do you think there is a way we can do corporate reform in this environment? >> is extremely difficult but i think one really positive thing that came out of this fiscal debates this time is that for the first time in a long time, the business community unified around a concept of getting our deficit under control. they were not as worried about their individual tax breaks that might go as a result of having some reform. i hope that mood continues. that was a one group does not...
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nevwhenever thy to support the core for environment. at that time i was hired with the company. i was working seven days a week nonstop as all over corporations were installing $15 million systems like you would go out and buy a pack of gum. i think taxation against large corporations is what is part of our problem in this country right now. i believe if we would give them an incentive to be able to do that got onhighere and penalizing them for being successful, i think we would have a lot better environment economically. basically this all ties to the tax deductions that everyone is looking at, and i heard rumblings of a simple tax. well, we're not in a position right now to offer that. it sounds like a great idea, but something that would have to evolve over time. my point i am trying to make on the obama care thing, and i did not mention that, but i feel it they had a corporate tax, not a loophole, but basically a did nation tax, corporations could do a fund that would support a medical plan and the country, we would not have the con
nevwhenever thy to support the core for environment. at that time i was hired with the company. i was working seven days a week nonstop as all over corporations were installing $15 million systems like you would go out and buy a pack of gum. i think taxation against large corporations is what is part of our problem in this country right now. i believe if we would give them an incentive to be able to do that got onhighere and penalizing them for being successful, i think we would have a lot...
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the environment where these pythons now live is not used to them. these creatures have evolved from places like the rainforest in southeast asia or the african savannah, and the habitat or the grassland habitat that you find in the everglades just simply is not equipped to deal with these very new and very invasive species. basically these pythons are invaders, and they are eating everything they come in contact with. >> you say these very new, are these pythons that were people's pets? >> likely that's how all of this originated. pot past 30 years people have been importing these snakes. a lot less lately. but during the 1970s and 1980s thousands and thousands of these snakes were brought in from asia and africa, and more often than not they either escaped because of hurricanes or people released them into environments where they shouldn't have, and these animals took over. they started out as pets, and then through negligence were released and, unfortunately, this ecosystem just really is not prepared to take on what these snakes do to the environ
the environment where these pythons now live is not used to them. these creatures have evolved from places like the rainforest in southeast asia or the african savannah, and the habitat or the grassland habitat that you find in the everglades just simply is not equipped to deal with these very new and very invasive species. basically these pythons are invaders, and they are eating everything they come in contact with. >> you say these very new, are these pythons that were people's pets?...
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>> it's the combination of two things, the personal hygiene and being careful about your environment. that's one way to do it. the other way is to get vaccinated. for example, when you see people who are sneezing and coughing, just try to avoid that and not get into crowded places where people are sneezing and coughing or whatever. washing your hands is critical. people don't fully appreciate that if you have someone -- >> better than purel? >> well, you know, there's always the argument about purel or not. could you use purel, it's not going to hurt you but the washing of the hands is really important and people don't realize for example if someone has the flu, and they go like that and sneeze or cough the virus is on their hand. they shake hands with you, you feel personal well, you touch your face, your eyes, your nose or your mouth and that's how you get it. as best as possible wash your hands frequently a void situations where there are people who are sneezing and coughing all over you but most of all get vaccinated. >> and stop shaking hands with people clearly. i got too many k
>> it's the combination of two things, the personal hygiene and being careful about your environment. that's one way to do it. the other way is to get vaccinated. for example, when you see people who are sneezing and coughing, just try to avoid that and not get into crowded places where people are sneezing and coughing or whatever. washing your hands is critical. people don't fully appreciate that if you have someone -- >> better than purel? >> well, you know, there's always...
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one of them is the senate's opportunity to assert itself in an environment of which the president's won re-election and they don't want him to do anything he wants. they're also very muched concerned generally about what hagel probably intends to do and that is to continue panetta's effort to streamline the pentagon and make budget cuts. those who are in favor of a strong defense are against that and therefore against hagel's perception more cuts are necessary and finally there is a great deal of concern about hagel's statement that unilateral american action in trying to restrict what iran can do economically and with its money, hagel doesn't think that's a good thing to do and lots of people on both sides of the aisle in the senate who disagree with hagel about that and hearing about that in the hearings. >> it's interesting, colonel, that, again, going back to his war record and when you look at our nation as the president pointed out, could have a leader as secretary of defense who has been in that situation. he knows what it is like to have young men and women in the mud and the gr
one of them is the senate's opportunity to assert itself in an environment of which the president's won re-election and they don't want him to do anything he wants. they're also very muched concerned generally about what hagel probably intends to do and that is to continue panetta's effort to streamline the pentagon and make budget cuts. those who are in favor of a strong defense are against that and therefore against hagel's perception more cuts are necessary and finally there is a great deal...
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dogs in a wealthy environment. the food is brought to them. so they actually harm the stability of the dog. dogs love to work for what he has. that's why i suggest exercised discipline, that affects your body, mind and heart. >> this is all your philosophy. it's building on your -- it's less about a formula, but more than philosophy -- >> the excuse, i believe. >> 43 years of knowledge that i -- people want to know. what do i do with a barking dog. here it is. page whatever it is. people want solutions. people want it quick. >> i hope thunder is not listening here. the issue of stupid dogs. what about dogs who eat clothing? hypothetically. >> hypothetically. who like eat, say, my daughter's under wear. perverted -- >> they don't have a proper outlet. they do behaviors that appear stupid to people. >> is it because he's a apartment dog? >> it's because he doesn't have the proper challenge, like sheep herding dogs live in the city, they have a tendency to go after bikes and kids and things. they don't have the proper outlet. >> what's the proper
dogs in a wealthy environment. the food is brought to them. so they actually harm the stability of the dog. dogs love to work for what he has. that's why i suggest exercised discipline, that affects your body, mind and heart. >> this is all your philosophy. it's building on your -- it's less about a formula, but more than philosophy -- >> the excuse, i believe. >> 43 years of knowledge that i -- people want to know. what do i do with a barking dog. here it is. page whatever it...
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>> i think that schools are structured environment and frankly, little girl's behavior, a willingness to sit still, pay attention, not necessarily to talk and get up and run around the room is more conducive to a classroom setting. what we've done, trying to turn little boys into different forms of little girls and a lot has to do with the way that schools are structured. you take a six-year-old and sit him in a chair and expect that they're going to stay there. it isn't natural, frankly, it isn't natural for a lot of little girls, it's more for the convenience of teachers than it is accommodating to the child's needs. >> that's truly right. little boys are savages, i don't mean that in-- it's just true. >> we can't change it, but thr he' lovable and grow up to warm, wonderful human beings when they get a little older. >> tucker: amen. on that hopeful note. coming up, get an instant mood boost from botox. true, that story coming up and women all around put it on every day, but one woman gave herself a no makeup challenge for a year, claims it made her more beautiful. is this a good le
>> i think that schools are structured environment and frankly, little girl's behavior, a willingness to sit still, pay attention, not necessarily to talk and get up and run around the room is more conducive to a classroom setting. what we've done, trying to turn little boys into different forms of little girls and a lot has to do with the way that schools are structured. you take a six-year-old and sit him in a chair and expect that they're going to stay there. it isn't natural, frankly,...
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so our efforts are very important to try to create this environment is most appropriate. that is what we are doing. there are potential risks and inflation was mentioned. we have obviously used an expansionary monetary policy and we have increased the amount of reserves that banks hold with the bad. there are some people that think that that will be inflationary. personally i don't see much evidence of that. inflation, as i mentioned, has been quite low. expectations remain anchored. private sector forecasters do not seek any inflation coming up, and in particular, we have, i believe, with all the tools that we need to undo our monetary policy stimulus and to take that away for inflation becomes a problem. so i do not believe that you can inflation is going to be a result of any of us. that being said i stability -- in terms of stability, it is well maintained. the other thing worth mentioning is financial ability. this is a difficult issue. the concern has been raised by keeping interest rates very low that the federal reserve induces people to take greater risks in thei
so our efforts are very important to try to create this environment is most appropriate. that is what we are doing. there are potential risks and inflation was mentioned. we have obviously used an expansionary monetary policy and we have increased the amount of reserves that banks hold with the bad. there are some people that think that that will be inflationary. personally i don't see much evidence of that. inflation, as i mentioned, has been quite low. expectations remain anchored. private...
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the combination of policies that are not hostile to business and an environment which actually welcomes new businesses and new jobs is working. it is clear. in a competitive world, policies matter. companies have choices. job-creators have choices. that is why our work is far from done. that is why a top priority must be to continue new jersey's record of excellence in education and to fix problems where we are failing. in higher education, the task force led with skill by former governor tom kean has helped us develop strategies for making new jersey's institutions more competitive. we need to turn new jersey's universities -- including rutgers -- from good to great, because that will help us keep more talented new jersey students in new jersey and will strengthen the link between higher education and high quality jobs. need, of course, is the plan to make sure that new jersey's health sciences institutions remain world class. by merging rutgers and umdnj in the north and rowan and umdnj's stratford campus in the south, we will enhance three established hubs of educational excellence i
the combination of policies that are not hostile to business and an environment which actually welcomes new businesses and new jobs is working. it is clear. in a competitive world, policies matter. companies have choices. job-creators have choices. that is why our work is far from done. that is why a top priority must be to continue new jersey's record of excellence in education and to fix problems where we are failing. in higher education, the task force led with skill by former governor tom...
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and that's my concern for the environment that we have. and, again, i think it crosses both sides of the aisle. the environment we have now, brookings can come up with some really good solutions. i have confidence in that. i don't have confidence that they'll be received in a way that makes them effective. >> okay. bobby, your ideas on improving government performance. like, if we made you czar for a week, what changes would you make? >> well, first, i'd like to private industry because i really do think the performance-based cultures that we talked about are critical. and there's just so much inefficiency in government. i do think there's examples at the state level, and i'll go to my state in michigan and mention a few. things that can be done. grand rapids, there which is a n the west side of michigan in southeastern michigan, had created a virtual city. even though we're on opposite sides of the state, they actually collaborate on services like health care pooling, and grand rapids has also done the same thing with flint and lansing to
and that's my concern for the environment that we have. and, again, i think it crosses both sides of the aisle. the environment we have now, brookings can come up with some really good solutions. i have confidence in that. i don't have confidence that they'll be received in a way that makes them effective. >> okay. bobby, your ideas on improving government performance. like, if we made you czar for a week, what changes would you make? >> well, first, i'd like to private industry...
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>> yeah, not suing each other, but in a very messy policy environment. i just want to add one thing to this, i don't know -- whether i disagree on this. you see this more and more frequently, that the administration -- because it does congress won't do anything, makes policy by official announcements of non-enforcement. so we're going to have our own de facto dream act which congress refuses to enact by administrative non-enforcement. that's very clear example of the dynamics here. we might see the same thing in drug enforcement. we're not going to enforce it, period, because congress will enact a law to that effect. i find that to go much beyond the ordinary exercise of administrative and executive discretion in law enforcement. its policymaking by non-enforcement, which is to my mind a very, very -- congressional statutes to the contrary, policy difficulties with that come but they're also real constitutional problems. it's sort of one more dysfunction. >> that's not the way things are supposed to work. angel, invest in fiber, in practice congress days
>> yeah, not suing each other, but in a very messy policy environment. i just want to add one thing to this, i don't know -- whether i disagree on this. you see this more and more frequently, that the administration -- because it does congress won't do anything, makes policy by official announcements of non-enforcement. so we're going to have our own de facto dream act which congress refuses to enact by administrative non-enforcement. that's very clear example of the dynamics here. we...
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, which is a good environment now for housing. and that if we get our economy moving, unemployment down, housing affordability is the best it's ever been. it can be an important ingredient for growth in the economy, if we just let it happen. >> despite all we're talking about here, and i agree with just about everything you just said, i think isn't the economy actually growing reasonably well right now? i mean if you look at industrial production. you look at what's going on in terms of the bank stocks even if you want to use bank stocks as reasonable proxy for expectations of the industry. things are doing okay. are they not? >> no. >> they're not? they're not? despite the fact -- >> i think 2% growth, given the opportunities we have is half of what it should be. >> that's not what my question was. my question wasn't what's the potential of the economy. my question is isn't it getting better? aren't we repairing the economy? you would say no to that? >> no, we are. but we should be. this is the fourth year after a recession. >> t
, which is a good environment now for housing. and that if we get our economy moving, unemployment down, housing affordability is the best it's ever been. it can be an important ingredient for growth in the economy, if we just let it happen. >> despite all we're talking about here, and i agree with just about everything you just said, i think isn't the economy actually growing reasonably well right now? i mean if you look at industrial production. you look at what's going on in terms of...